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The Standard Minimum Rate for Models in Thailand

February 18, 2018 by Robin Schroeter Acting Tips, General, New Actors Blog, New Actors Blog, Robin's Actor's Blog, Robin's Actor's Blog minimum rate, minimum rate for models in Thailand, models, models in thailand

What is the standard minimum rate for models in Thailand? If you are modeling in Thailand you may ask yourself: How much should I get for a cat walk? Is this rate acceptable?

While there is no written law as to what the minimum rate for models in Thailand is, there are best practices.

People tend to get a certain budget for certain jobs and that is what I am going to propose in the following as the standard minimum rate for models in Thailand. I have consulted several models to gather together what they consider the standard minimum rate for models in Thailand.

Different kinds of Photoshoots and the minimum rate for models in Thailand:

Regular Photoshoot

8,000 THB in your hand for a photoshoot day (6-8 hours or so, which is roughly 1,000 then per hour) (10,500-11,000 including agency fee)

Lingerie / Swimwear Shoot

10,000-12,000 THB in your hand for a lingerie/swimwear shoot (or 1,500 – 2,000 thb per hour) (13,000-16,000 including agency fee)

Fashion / Lifestyle / Fitness Shoot

10,000-12,000 THB in your hand would be fair for fashion/lifestyle/fitness shoot, as well as for catalogue/look book with a same amount of clothes, say, not more than 20-25 pieces of clothing. (13,000-16,000 including agency fee)

Promo Photo Campaign

If it’s a promo photo campaign for a brand with prints etc then budgets are more or less comparable to the tvcs, but usually on the cheaper side. And of course that depends on how big the brand is and on which territories the campaign will be held.

Billboard

Also from what I heard if it’s a proper billboard it shouldn’t be less than 30,000 THB in your hand. (40,000 including agency fee)

Nude Shoots – Please Note that Nude Shoots are Illegal in Thailand!

Nude shoots should never be less than 10,000-15,000 THB. (13,000-20,000 including agency fee).

Photography Workshops

Then there are photography workshops, which are literally gang-bangs of a model by 5 to 100 photographers a day and therefore, in my opinion should be payed 10,000 THB up but in Bangkok realities are usually 4,000-5,000 THB. (13,000 including agency fee)

And finally the minimum rate for models in Thailand for Fashion Shows and Promo Jobs

Fashion Show

7,000 thb for a fashion show (1-3 outfits) (10,000 including agency fee)

Promo Jobs

There are also promo jobs. Promo jobs need you to do tasks such as smiling and taking pictures at the events. In my understanding they should be around 6,000-7,000 THB (8,000-9,000 including Agency Fee)

Those are the minimum rates for actors that I have found so far. If you have any other rates, or other jobs that I have forgotten to include, please let me know!

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Standard Minimum Rate for Dancers in Thailand

February 12, 2018 by Robin Schroeter Acting Tips, General, New Actors Blog, New Actors Blog, Robin's Actor's Blog, Robin's Actor's Blog

First of all, I just want to clarify here that this is a standard minimum rate for dancers. Some productions may offer you way more than this. By accepting budgets that are below this you are hurting all other talents in the industry by undercutting already low budgets.

Second of all, many clients see dancers as extras, while they should be treated similar to stunt men. Both dancers and stunt men require training and experience. Tori Lao-Lee, one of the most experienced Western dancers in the field, noted that the rate used to be 10,000 Baht in normal clothes and 12,000 Baht in bikini, similar to that of stunt men, and has dropped down ever since.

The standard minimum rate for dancers is quite straightforward as there are two main job categories: TVC / Movie jobs and Events.

The budgets below are what you, as dancer, should be getting into your hand. In brackets (…) behind that is the budget including agency fee.

Standard Minimum Rate for Dancers in Music Videos

5.000 baht in your hand for normal clothes/costumes. (6,500-7,000 Baht including agency fee)

6.000 baht in your hand for bikini/sexy samba costumes. (7,500 – 8,000 Including agency fee)

Standard Minimum Rate for Dancers in MOVIES

5.000 – 7,000 baht in your hand for normal clothes/costumes. (6,500-9,000 Baht including agency fee)

6.000 – 7,000 baht in your hand for bikini/sexy samba costumes. (7,500 – 9,000 Including agency fee)

Standard Minimum Rate for Dancers in TVCs

7,500 baht in your hand. (10,000 Baht including agency fee)

As mentioned above, this is the minimum rate. The budget you may be getting can be much higher.

The rates above are standard for most jobs and acceptable to most clients. (Source: Tori Lao-Lee)

For TVCs and Movies it is only one dance, 3-5 minutes

For Rehearsals:

In case rehearsals are required, you differentiate between half day and full day rehearsals:

A half day rehearsal should be 50% of the budget (2-4 hours rehearsal per day)
A full day rehearsal – the same budget as for one full shooting day

The Standard Minimum Rate for Dancers at Events Is Different.

The standard minimum rate for dancers at events depends on the following factors:

the number dances
the length of each dance is
the amount of dancers at each entry

In general you can say, that 1 dance or entry should be budgeted in your hands with 5.000 baht (6,500 – 7000 Baht including agency fee)

But sometimes you encounter 3 entries / performances with a budget of 8.000-9.000 baht in your hands. (11,000-12,000 Baht including agency fee)

*Please note that this rate is for trained dancers with experience.

I hope this can help newcomers to get an easy overview of what the budget situation is like for dance jobs.

Do you want to know how to become an actor / model in Thailand? Check out this video or this article How To Become an Actor in Thailand: